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Paul I don't have a winch on crawler. I will probably have to wait until I can get some help to work on it, if for no other reason than safety. I'm going to try to figure out how to take a picture and post it. And yes as you stated its in a pretty bad spot. Of course in East Tennessee I don't think ...

Tigerhaze Thanks for the advice. The pictures help alot. I have never posted any pictures but I may try that this weekend. It is a slight incline and the crawler is perpendicular to incline. I don't think it would roll if chocked. Otherwise I would have to move it 300-400 feet to the bottom of hill....

Ok I have thrown the left side tracks half way off my crawler, which is a 1959 440 IC. It has a six way blade on it. It is deep in the woods on a small incline. What is the best procedure to fix it? Should I try to jack that side of the crawler up with some type of floor jack, place stands or blocki...

Gil
I had tried to look at the small hole after cleaning it. I just could not tell. I am going to try and clean them better and see what I can tell. Sounds like a logical explanation though unless like others suggested and they are sealed rollers. Thanks.

Steve

Thanks Lavoy

Thanks Lavoy
On these later oil lube rollers I see no way to lubricate them. If I'm understanding correctly are they permantly sealed and require no lubrication?

Steve

I am doing maintanence on my 1959 440 IC gas. On the support idlers I just put in 80 weight oil till it overflowed. I got to my Rollers of which there are five on each side and noted I seem to have a problem. Only three of them on each side have what I think is referred to as a Button Head Fitting. ...

Lavoy wrote:Any of the universal fluids will work in the hyd, but you will get some additional squealing, and typically they seem to drop 100-200PSI system pressure.
Lavoy

I think I got the right fluid then. Thanks Lavoy and the others for the good advice. This site is very helpful.

hydrogeo wrote:I run Hytran in my eqipmennt. I suspect these old machines are not particularly picky on the fluids, unlike the newer iron.

I suspect you are right. I'm doing my best to adhere to the service manual on this old machine as I'm going to ask a lot from it. Is Hytrans what the John Deere Dealer sells?

Duke: What color is your existing hydraulic oil? If it's light coffee colored or milky, you may have water in it, and this would be a good time to drain and refill fresh. Lavoy has said that he uses hydraulic oil in his machines - I've forgotten the specs (they're posted on this site in another thr...

tractor hydraulic fluid is what you want most parts stores have it and some walmarts do also and any good motor oil is ok you have to remember multi grade was not around back then Thanks. Was I correct that all I have to do is top off the hydraulic fluid and slowly work the cylinder to let fluid ba...

I bought a 1959 John Deere 440 IC gas with a sixway blade a couple of months ago. It is in good shape but two cylinders for the blade leaked too bad to use. I took them off and had them redone. The arms were bent and it cost a arm and leg to have them redone. I had several questions if somebody coul...